Boilers advance to golf sectional, Mercer County wins team title

With a third-place finish in its own regional tournament Tuesday, the Kewanee boys golf team moved down the postseason trail.

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By Mike Landis

Star Courier - Kewanee, IL

By Mike Landis

Posted Oct. 8, 2013 at 8:57 PM

By Mike Landis
Posted Oct. 8, 2013 at 8:57 PM

KEWANEE

With a third-place finish in its own regional tournament Tuesday, the Kewanee boys golf team moved down the postseason trail.

The Boilers were third in the Class 1A Kewanee Regional at Baker Park with a 336 total to earn the final team qualifying berth. Kewanee’s four counters were Ryan Hansen with 81, Dylan Galloway with 84, Colton Philhower with 85 and Tyler Nelson with 84. Hansen’s 81 was good for fifth place in the 13-team field.

Mercer County won the team title, besting United in a fifth-score tiebreaker for the regional hardware. The Golden Eagles and Red Storm both finished with 334 team totals, but Alex Lybarger’s fifth score of 86 put Mercer County in the top spot.

United’s Caleb Newell was the regional medalist with a 4-over-par 75.

Area players advancing to sectional play were the Ridgewood trio of Jack Bumann with 79, Noah Shannon with 85 and Dustin Swanson with 87; Dylan Knobloch of Stark County with 82; and Caleb Rux of Mid-County with 88.